Railway-car.



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' RAILWAY cA.

(Application led Apr. 21, 1899.)

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T. L. STATE.

RAILWAY CAR.

(Application led Apr. 21, 1899.)

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RAILWAY GAR.

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RAILWAY CAB.

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A UNITED STATES'` l Patirniwi OFFICE.

THOMAS L. STATE, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN F.PRFN'IIS,y OF `SAME PLACE.

,RAILWAY-CAR.

sPEeIFIeATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,92?, dated July 31,1.900. Appiaaion tiedApru 21, 1899'. serai No. 713,915. ditmaal.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, THoM'AsL. STATE, of Detroit, in the county of Wayneand State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved` Railway-Oar, ofwhich the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

The purpose of this invention'is to provide means for increasing theseating and carrying capacity of railway-cars and also to more rocomfortably and conveniently arrange these accommodations, which end Iattain by providing a car with two floors, on the lower of which arearranged reception-rooms, toiletrooms, a parlor, and state-roomsand onthe upper of which are arranged sleeping-berths and also apartments inwhich hand-baggage i f parlor-floor of the car--is located below the maybe stored.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of my invention, whilethe claims define zo the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to tire accom panying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,"t

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inallthe views.

Figure 1 is a sectional view of my invention' on the line 1 1 of Fig.vFig. 2 is a similar view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a similarView on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. et is a diagrammatic viewillustrating the 3o horizontal framing on which-the loweriloor of thecar is built. Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the verticalframing. Fig. 6 is a View illustrating the convertible seats for theupper Iioor of thecar. Fig. '7 is a sectional view on the line 7 7 ofFig.1 3, and Fig., 8 is a similar view on the line S' 8 of Fig. 3.

The main horizontal framing of the car, on

which framing the lower floor is built,con,

sists of two outer beams 9, of any desiredcon- 4o struction, joined attheir extremities by transverse beams 10, which latter beams arelocated, respectively, at the ends of 'the car. Situated intermediatethe ends of the beams,

9 and running transversely Abetween them are a number of beams 11,joined toA each otherby longitudinally-extending beams 12. These beams11 and12 are located inward from the beams 10, so as .to form spaces 14,in which are received the trucks 15 of the car, as indi- 5o cated bestin Fig. 3. A. number of vertical beams 16 stand on the beams 9 andaretoilet 33.

joined by intermediatelongitudinal beams 17 and upper longitudinal beams18. Crossbraces 19 (see Fig. 5) may also be provided, as shown, andthese cross-braces may be located at any desired point on thecar-framing.` All of the `frame-beams described may be of any desiredform. It is preferable, however, to employ I-beams, as shown. Ialsodesire it to be understood that this framing is not an essential part of my invention and may be changed "to any other suitable form.

The car is constructed, as indicated best in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, with amain saloon or parlor 2O on its lower floor. This parlor may be providedwith chairs and other furniture 21. The floor of the parlor ZO-that isto say, the

uppersides of the trucks, and this Hoor is also constructed with apassage or corridor 22, leading toward one end of the car andcolnmunicating with a number of state-rooms 23, provided with, berths24. Thse berths may be either in the form of seats convertible intoberths or they may be berths in permanent form, as desired. At one endof the car, directly over the truck, (the left-hand end in Figs. 2 and3,) I provide a smoking-room 25,`

communicating with a toilet-room 26 for gentlemen and also` with anapartment 27, containing Washstands'and the like. This apartmentcommunicates with a corridor 28, one end of whichleads to a door 29, andthe other end of which leads to steps 30, passing down into the parlor20. At the other end of the car (the right-hand end in Figs. 2 and 3) Iprovide a corridor 31,reached by steps 32,lead ing upfrom the corridor22 and communieating with a ladies dressing-room 32 and I alsoA providea ladies receptionroom`34 in communication with the apartments 32 and3,3, in whichrreception-room chairs and' other furniture may be arrangedas desired. The corridor 31 leads outward to a door 35 atV the adjacentend of thepar. I further provide side doors 3 5 and 37,-le`a`d`ing intothe carintermediate the'end'sthereof, the door 36 communicating with theparlor 20 and the door 37 with the corridor 22.

4The top iioor of the car over the parlor 20, the corridor 22, andstate-rooms 23 are formed IOO in a' single large apartment 38, in whichare convertible 'into berths or berths 'in perma-A such as storage andfor buet-rooms.

nent form. vI have shown them to be chairs convertible into berths. Ateach end of the car, at the upper iioor thereof, I provide an apartment40, designed to receive hand-baggage and also useful for Variouspurposes, The upper floor is reached by stairs 41 at each end of the carand'respectively leading from the corridors 28 and 31. The stairs 4llead upward to a landng-platform42, located just below the iloor of theupper apartment 38, as

shown best in Fig. 3, fromwhich platform 42 lead oppositely to theapartments 40.

`The car is provided with numerous windows and other orifices for lightand ventilation. `Thus the lower apartments are lighted by windows 45and ventilated throughopen-f ings46. The upperl compartmentSS islightedbywindows'lt and ventilated throughopenings" 47 'and the apartments 40are provided with'small openings 48 for light and 'Ventile-' tion.';VTheconvertible chairs or seats shown in the present form of theinvention are illustrated in detail in' Fig. 6, where it will be seenthat these. devices when adjusted as seats have backs 49 and seatsproper, 50.` Thebacks and seats are supported on suitable framings 5 1,whichf'ramings are each formed withver- Vtifcally-extending spacestherein receiving.A

partitions v52. These' partitions may below# ered, as indicated by the full' lines'in Fig. 6, when the berths are not to be used, and whenthe'cha'irs are converted into seats the parlV titions may be raised, asindicated bydotted lines at the leftin Fig.`6, thus separating theberthsthe onel froml the other. The ad` justableor outer edges of the`seats proper, 50,.are provided'with swinging sections 52, adapted to besupported in horizontal VpOfSi.-

tion by the hinged legs 53. vWhen thede vicesY are adjusted as seats,thelezztensions 52a are throwndownwardly, as indicated vby the fulllinesto the left in Fig. 6; butwhen the seats are to be converted into berthsthe sections 52a are thrown out horizontally and supported by the legs53, as indicated by dotted linesat the left in Fig. 6 and by the fulllines at the right in said figure. By this arrangement either seats orberths may be 'and scope of my invention. Sider myself entitled to allsuch variations furnished. In. conve rting'.the` seats into berths the,backs .49 are throwindown over theseats proper, 50, and the extensions52, thus lforming comfortable cushions, on which the passengers may lie.This arrangement Vavoids the necessity7 of1 handling and carryingmattresses'forV the berths.

.Various changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of myinvention maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit Hence Iconas may lie within the scope of my claims.

Having thus described my invention, I

i claim 'as'new and desire to secure by Letters stairs 43 lead to theapartment 38 and stairs 44 Patent- 1. A railway-car, having aframecompris'.L ing vside sillsextending throughout the length of the c ar,end sills extending between the endSQf the side sills, andtransomsextending between theside sills intermediate ,the ends thereof,the transoms being spaced from ,the -corresponding end sills to form vaplace dfor the trucks between` the transoms and end sills and betweenthe side sills.

partments, such stairs leadingup to the upr per main compartment andtothe upper end compartments. i Y

Y3. A convertible seat for railway-cars, having a back, a seat proper, aframe onwhi'ch the seat is mounted, a seat extension hingedtowtheyframe, anda leg pivotally mounted on the seat extension to holdthe extension horizontally in line with the seat, the back being capableof folding down on the seat and its extension to form a berth.

TUI-IOMAS L. STATE.

Witnessesz.

e HENRY G. HOLMES,

JAMES V. OX'roBY.

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